You and the grandparent don't necessarily disagree. "Check your privilege" is a great thing to say in a discussion, and an idiotic thing to say in a debate. It'

You and the grandparent don't necessarily disagree. "Check your privilege" is a great thing to say in a discussion, and an idiotic thing to say in a debate. It's been thoroughly discredited by being used as an ad-hominem attack in place of an argument, but sometimes people do ride in on a high horse, and asking them how the weather is up there may be the most appropriate question. You're both right.